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sagitta en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/
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Etymology

Borrowing from Latin sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

Meanings

  1. The keystone of an arch.
  2. The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
  3. The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
  4. Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.

Forms

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sagittae Number=Plur error-unknown-tag lexicographic
sagittas Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

asteriscus · lapillus

Relateds

sagittal

Translations (5)

pl strzałka (distance from a point in a curve to the chord) · cmn 矢蟲 /矢虫 (arrowworm) · hu szagitta (distance from a point in a curve to the chord) · cmn 矢 (distance from a point in a curve to the chord) · ca sagita (distance from a point in a curve to the chord)